RANGPUR, Feb 17, 2022 (BSS) – Agriculturists at an on-field practical training workshop have stressed adoption of scientific methods in farming tea on plain lands to boost production of high quality tea and reap more profits.
        

They made the observation at the workshop titled "Tea cultivation management in scientific methods" held at village Alowakhowa in Atwari upazila of Panchagarh district on Wednesday afternoon, a press release said today.

Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI), a subsidiary organization of Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) under the Ministry of Commerce, organised the event participated by 55 small-scale tea growers of Alowakhowa union in the upazila.

The event was arranged following the ‘Camellia Open Sky School Model’ to enhance knowledge of tea growers through reaching the latest scientific methods, technologies and tea related services to them to boost quality tea output in five northern districts.

Senior Scientific Officer (Entomology) of Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) and its Project Director for the Northern Bangladesh Project Agriculturist Dr Mohammad Shameem Al Mamun moderated the training workshop.

 
Development Officer at BTB's Panchagarh Regional Office Agriculturist Md. Amir Hossain, its Assistant Farm Superintendent Agriculturist Mohammad Sayedul Haque and Senior Farm Assistant Md. Zayed Imam Siddique conducted different sessions in the workshop.

Agriculturist Md. Amir Hossain discussed the selection methods of tea varieties, planting of saplings, plucking, tipping, pruning and application of fertilizers, control of pests and diseases and latest technologies on tea farming on the plain lands.

Dr Shameem said plain lands on the Kartoa Valley ecological zone comprising five northern districts of Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat are highly fertile and favorable for tea cultivation.

“Tea cultivation on a small-scale basis on plain lands has already become popular and a highly profitable venture unveiling a new horizon of economic prospect for farmers in the northern region,” he said.

He called upon farmers to adopt scientific and organic methods in small-scale tea cultivation on plain lands to earn more profits than many other crops and accelerate economic development of the region.